Overview

The Department of Botany was instituted in the Postgraduate Centre of the University of Madras in 1972. The Department is offering M.Sc. in Plant Science, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in Botany in the fields of Mycology, Microbiology, Plant Physiology, Nutraceuticals and Phytomedicine, Tissue culture and Reproductive Biology, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Plant systematics. The Department instituted a new Masters programme in Bioinformatics for the first time in the country during 2001 which has been elevated as an independent Department in the year 2006. The Department is also offering a P.G. Diploma in Horticulture for M. Sc. Plant Science students with a view of promoting employment oppurtunities. So far the Department has produced 85 Ph.D. and 185 M.Phil scholars. At present there are 18 Ph.D. scholars, 6 M.Phil scholars and 38 M.Sc. students.

Facilities

Location

Maruthamalai Road, Coimbatore, Coimbatore - 641046